"We started talks with Fettah Tamince to sell our 50 percent
stake in Star media group. If talks succeed, we will exit the
media sector to focus on the biggest projects of our country,"
said Kenan Yavuz, chief executive officer at SOCAR Turkey.

Star media group, which SOCAR jointly owned with businessman
Ethem Sancak, consists of Star newspaper and a couple of
television channels. Tamince and Sancak are both known as close
to Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan and his ruling AK Party.
(Reporting by Evrim Ergin, Writing by Ece Toksabay, Editing by
Humeyra Pamuk)